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It's reflected in (my reading of) Microsoft's statement. Sales figures are retrospective; this section of their 10-K is forward looking. Also, if you define t
by justinsb 15y ago
It's reflected in (my reading of) Microsoft's statement.
Sales figures are retrospective; this section of their 10-K is forward looking.
Also, if you define the market to include smartphones and tablets, I'm pretty sure Microsoft doesn't have 85% market share. The open question is whether that broader definition represents the future of "the computer market" or whether it should remain a separate category.
Of course, you're welcome to your own interpretation - lots of people read it very differently than I did.
- riffraff 15y agowould you care to share data sources for your confidence? I am not arguing they are wrong, I am just unable to google concrete data for PC and smarthphone + tablets usage in a recent time period.
- justinsb 15y agoA few sources... I wouldn't put too much faith in the details, but in terms of rough magnitude they're probably pretty accurate. Gartner says PC sales in 2011 will be <400 million. I'm pretty sure that's mostly Windows: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703300904576178381437662352.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870330090457617... iPad sales looking like 40 million (or more) for 2011: http://blogs.computerworld.com/18550/apple_2011_ipad_sales_hit_40_million http://blogs.computerworld.com/18550/apple_2011_ipad_sales_h... Smartphone sales were 100 million in Q2 alone; Windows share of that was 1.6% (!): http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219112/Gartner_Smartphones_boom_overall_mobile_sales_drop http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219112/Gartner_Smart...